Tom Marble wrote: > > Nate Carlson wrote: > > Other than that, I haven't had any problems with Vonage as a landline > > replacement. I've just outgrown them; I run my own Asterisk box, and would <snip> > 4) Is there a point at which you wouldn't need Vonage anymore (or will > they always serve as the PSTN gateway, forwarding/voice mail agent, etc.)? I'm assuming that there always has to be a provider involved at some point in this process to interface with POTS users and to provide the routing to a phone number for incoming calls, is that true? It would be neat if I could ditch phone providers all together and set up my own own all IP based system but I'm guessing that's out of the question at this point. > I actually think this is very on-topic! Getting more so now with this new angle added to the equation. Thanks for all the input everyone! Ben. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list